MOTM

Sorry for the long time between updates. Things have been quite frantic here 
the last few weeks (tax preparation, spring break, Easter, I had a minor car 
wreck, etc). However:

a) all VCO kit backlog (300/310) is packed up and will ship out this week.

b) I have begun the CAD work and parts buying for the MOTM-730 VC Pulse 
Divider

c) the new Atmel ARM uP for the MOTM-521 GC Expander has been tested and the 
code ported over (it was on a NXP 21xx ARM part). This week we will connect 
up the 'reverse' LCD panel selected by the poll and verify it looks OK.

d) I have the new paint for the panels all squared away and am in process of 
converting all the CAD drawings over. I still have "old paint" panels left, 
most modules ~20 panels left (except MOTM-300s, all the old paint panels are 
about to be shipped out).

e) Once all these VCOs ship out, I am going to spend 2 weeks concentrating 
on *assembled* backlog and getting prototypes ordered for the 520/521/730. 
There are 61 non-VCO kits left to ship, and it will take me until June 1st 
to ship all of them. But having ZERO kit backlog will be cause for Happy 
Party Time.

f) BTW: the '730 will use the Frac Rack knobs/pots due to mechanical 
constraints. I wanted to continue to use the NKK flatted toggle switches (no 
failures in over 5,000 shipped) so in order to squeeze everything in, going 
to Frac pots/knobs. I have not tried, but "die hards" *may* be able to fit a 
PKES60B1/4 knob on there.

g) I have 1 customer that has 4 '300 VCO kits on order, but I have not been 
able to contact him for several months. If I do not hear back from him in a 
few weeks, I will offer these 4 kits (with the old panels) for general sale. 
I do know the company he worked for was recently bought out, so he's 
probably not thinking too much about MOTM kits right now :)

Paul S.